# Pestilence spread not spawning **URL:** \ **Category:** Wicked Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** pestilence-outbreak\ **Created:** [January 26, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313 "2026-01-26T12:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Onyx](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/onyx/32/12989_2.png) [@Onyx](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Onyx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/61 "2026-01-30T20:00:58Z")
I see, thanks for the reply. I’ll wait fot a hotfix 😅 ---
**Author:** ![prominence](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/prominence/32/14110_2.png) [@prominence](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/prominence)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/62 "2026-01-31T20:49:44Z")
This is affecting my game as well. I haven’t had any pestilence zones occur naturally (outside of the first one that spawns when you return to the Watcher after the quest with the winged brood bosses) since the co-op update. ---
**Author:** ![Echo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/echo/32/14117_2.png) [@Echo](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/63 "2026-01-31T21:44:23Z")
I am also having this issue with my realm that was made the first day of the together update. Even after all of the hotfixes i still haven’t had any infection zones spawn after the first one after speaking with the Watcher. I’m starting a new realm today to see if it is only effecting realms made before to hotfixes were put in place ---
**Author:** ![Jaqlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@Jaqlin](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Jaqlin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/64 "2026-02-01T20:23:08Z")
I am having the exact same issue with 2 of my reals I have unlocked pestilence on. Since the update to reduce the timer or something no more spawns 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Groom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/michael_groom/32/13986_2.png) [@Michael\_Groom](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Michael_Groom)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/65 "2026-02-02T00:50:12Z")
Same as others… 2 realms with no pestilence outbreaks, the only way i can do it is if i waste resources to have it spawn ---
**Author:** ![Damius](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/damius/32/14014_2.png) [@Damius](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Damius)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/66 "2026-02-02T19:30:08Z")
I have tested both creating a new offline world and a new online world and the bug persists on both. I don’t know if it’s related, but there are also some resource nodes (ore veins, dig sites, etc) that do not refresh. They remain depleted forever. ---
**Author:** ![Fastar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@Fastar](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Fastar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/67 "2026-02-03T04:32:51Z")
same bug here，and i have nothing to burn ---
**Author:** ![tjay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/tjay/32/14485_2.png) [@tjay](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/tjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/68 "2026-02-03T05:47:48Z")
So i was wondering if something has changed because for almost a week now i have a realm that didn’t have any Plague/Pestilence zones, which is annoying because i want to update my gear and i can’t because i need torn sinew in order to upgrade my gear. I think this happend after the latest 2 updates. ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/69 "2026-02-03T10:33:52Z")
You can burn _any_ material 😉 Silas ---
**Author:** ![Fastar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@Fastar](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Fastar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/70 "2026-02-03T14:54:09Z")
thanks，i totally understand ---
**Author:** ![\_AK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/_ak/32/14725_2.png) [@\_AK](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/_AK)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/71 "2026-02-04T20:41:26Z")
This has happened to me too. Wondering if it’s a bug or if maybe I just haven’t done something correctly. Here’s what I’ve done in the last few days to hopefully progress the world state and trigger them to spawn (no luck so far) - I beat the campaign, and did the one plagued zone it spawns as a tutorial, then no more spawned after. - I waited a few days, leveled a few times, let the world state change, completed my bounties, etc. - Bought the Crucible upgrade related to cleansing the world - Talked to Roan and the Master quite a few times - quest state still just says “Roan has asked us to venture into the plagued outbreaks and bring any Torn materials…” Edit: Solution in the comments. Plagued zones aren’t auto-starting, they require manual triggering. ---
**Author:** ![Purorg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/purorg/32/8073_2.png) [@Purorg](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Purorg)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/72 "2026-02-04T20:46:42Z")
I’ve never seen a plague start on it’s own, what you can do to trigger it it’s to fill a bonfire with items as you would a whisper to unlock the teleport feature. Doing this you can also decide how ‘‘hard’’ you want the plague to be. ---
**Author:** ![SiQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SiQ](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/SiQ)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/73 "2026-02-04T21:09:19Z")
Before the “Together” update it triggered automatically; now it requires sacrificing a few items to start. ---
**Author:** ![\_AK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/_ak/32/14725_2.png) [@\_AK](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/_AK)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/74 "2026-02-06T12:58:09Z")
Thank you! This worked. I didn’t realize that changed. Part of it was, in my mind, the Cerim Whispers = “Bonfires” from Dark Souls. So any time someone says “do X at the campfire” I thought they were talking about sacrificing materials to the Whispers. So I unlocked them all instead of going to the cooking fires 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Traveller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Traveller](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Traveller)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/75 "2026-02-06T14:27:16Z")
So, a new one will not start automatically after a period of time? ---
**Author:** ![SiQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SiQ](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/SiQ)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/76 "2026-02-06T14:38:19Z")
I’m not sure about that, but I waited two days and it didn’t start automatically. So I tried this, and it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Purorg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/purorg/32/8073_2.png) [@Purorg](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Purorg)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/77 "2026-02-06T23:23:07Z")
Traveller, I indeed never saw one automatically start aside the very 1st one, since then I feed the bonfire when I am ready to start one, It can be done once a day. (24h) ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/78 "2026-02-07T00:07:00Z")
This has been officialy recognized as bugged. Silas ---
**Author:** ![Truehawk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/truehawk/32/1374_2.png) [@Truehawk](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Truehawk)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/79 "2026-02-11T06:05:01Z")
No pestilence spawning for me either. But what is this thing about burning things at a fire?? Never seen that system before I am afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Purorg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/purorg/32/8073_2.png) [@Purorg](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Purorg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313/80 "2026-02-11T12:43:18Z")
find the firepits icons. eg: Saltower at the start. go N-E from it there is a small place where you learn to cook at the beginning, a new option should appear ‘‘burn’’ throw a bunch of items in there until you get the plague level you desire to face. Voilà! Plague is back on the menu. [Previous page](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/pestilence-spread-not-spawning/22313.md?page=5)